Cooking utensil



April 24, 1945. E. D. CAMPBELL CQOKING UTENS IL Filed Sept. 11, 1944 2 Shets-Sheet 1 Inventor [aw/1E0 Z). CAMPBELL,

April 24, 1945. E. D. CAMPBELL COOKING UTENS IL Filed Sept. ll, 1944 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 lbw/m2 .Z). CAMPBELL wad Patented Apr. 24, I

COOKING UTENSIL Edward D. Campbell, Brunswick, Ga. Application September '11, 1944, Serial No. 553,601

2 Claims.

This invention relates to cookingutensils, and more particularly to such devices adapted to be utilized in a variety of ways for cooking .various foods.

The primary object of this invention is the provision of an improved cooking, utensil comprised of two pans or the like, secured together in such manner that they may be positioned in any desired location, in an oven or on a stove or the like, and so arranged that they may be relatively widely separated or spaced close together, while still being retained in related as- Another object of this invention is the provision of such a cooking utensil wherein one pan may be used as a cover member for the other in of elements, arrangement of parts, and features of construction, all as will be more fully pointed out hereinafter and shown in the accompanying drawings. wherein there is disclosed a preferred embodiment of this inventive concept.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a perspective view of one form of pan embodying features ofthis inventive conceptr I Figure 2 is a top plan view of the device shown in Figure 1, various positions of adjustment being indicated by dotted lines, and

Figure 3 is sectional view taken substantially along the line 3-3 of Figure 2, as viewed in the direction indicated by the arrows.

Like reference numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

Having reference now to the drawings, there is shown at it a pan or the like, in the illustrative embodiment of rectangular configuration, provided with a beaded top edge II, the bead being cut at adjacent corners, as at It, and II, to provide a hollow sleeve or channel ll along one edge thereof.

A second pan is is similarly provided with a;

bead ll cut-away at the corners, as at H and I8,

to provide a'jgchannel or sleeve IQ, for a purpose to be described more fully hereinafter. Handle members-2| and 2| are pivotally secured in sleeves and 29 to pans In and I5, respectively, on the sides opposite sleeves it and iii. A rod II is adapted'to be passed through sleeve l4 and bent, as at 26 and 21, to form projectin: parallel arms 28 and 29, extending at right angles to sleeve it. Arms 28 and 29 are adapted to pass through eyes 30 and ti, respectively, formed at the ends of a second rod 92 adapted to be passed through sleeve i9, and rotatable therein. The ends of arms 28 and 29 terminate in heads or buttons 35 and 36, respectively, adapted to preclude the complete withdrawal of the arms through eyelets 39 and 3 I vice should be readily understood.

When it is desired to utilize the pans'in an oven, as, for example, when baking two trays of biscuits, the pan it may be moved closely adjacent pan III by sliding the arms 29 and 29 in wardly with respect to the eyelets 30 and 9|, to produce uniform articles in both pans. Correspondingly, the device may be utilized on the top of a stove or. burner or the like for any desired purpose. When it is desired to cook different foods in the two pans ill and is, one of which, for example, may require a relatively high temperature, and the others comparatively lower temperature, the two pans may be separated, as indicated by dotted lines in Figure 2,until the-heads 35 and 39 abut the eyelets 30 and 3|, whereupon one pan may be positioned directly over or under the fire and the other spaced a distance therefrom, thus affording a relatively high heat for the contents of one pan, and a lower heat for the contents of the other, the articles to be cooked reaching completion at substantially the same time. correspondingly. when it is desired to cook a single food requiring a cov-.

ered or closed vessel, the parts may be moved to the position shown in dotted lines in Figure 3, pan I5 serving as a cover for pan ill, the arms 28 and 29 being rotated upwardly and the eyelets and II, together with their associated rods 32 turning within ation.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that there is herein provided a cooking utenwil accomplishing all of the objects of this invention and others. including many advantages of great practical utility and commercial importance.

' As many embodiments may be made of this inventive concept, and as many modiflcations may be made in the embodiment hereinbefore 7 .shown and described, it is to be understood that all matter herein is to be interpreted merely as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

I claim:

1. In a cooking utensil, in combination, two' sleeve l9 to permit such operside thereof, a rod bent to form a U-shaped member rotatably mounted in one of said sleeves, a s

second rod having eyelets at its extremities rotatably mounted in the other or said sleeves, the arms of said U-shaped membenbeing. passed through said eyelets, and heads on the ends of said arms to preclude retraction of said arms through said eyelets.

. EDWARD D. CAMPBELL. 

